The 1992 season

Tropical Storm Val (1992)

Tropical Storm Val peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between September 19, 1992 and September 30, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Val. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 19, 1992 to September 30, 1992
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 143 km (89 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Identifier
WP201992

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 19, 00:004.8N 174.8E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 06:005.0N 174.1E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 12:005.2N 173.4E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 18:005.3N 172.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 00:005.3N 172.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 06:005.3N 171.3E20 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 12:005.5N 170.4E20 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 18:006.2N 169.5E20 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 00:006.9N 168.3E20 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 06:007.8N 166.8E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 21, 12:008.7N 165.4E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 21, 18:009.5N 164.2E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 22, 00:0010.3N 163.2E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 22, 06:0010.9N 162.3E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 22, 12:0011.6N 161.4E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 22, 18:0012.2N 160.5E20 ktDisturbance
Sep 23, 00:0012.8N 159.6E25 ktDisturbance
Sep 23, 06:0013.6N 159.0E25 ktDisturbance
Sep 23, 12:0014.4N 158.4E25 ktTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0015.3N 157.9E25 ktTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0016.2N 157.4E25 ktTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0017.2N 157.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0018.2N 157.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 18:0019.2N 156.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 00:0020.2N 156.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 06:0021.6N 155.7E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 12:0022.9N 154.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 18:0024.3N 153.8E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 00:0025.7N 153.1E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 06:0027.4N 152.4E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0029.2N 151.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0031.5N 151.1E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0033.8N 150.3E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0036.2N 150.4E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0038.4N 152.5E40 kt990 mbMixed
Sep 27, 18:0040.7N 155.0E45 kt990 mbExtratropical
Sep 28, 00:0046.0N 157.8E984 mbExtratropical
Sep 28, 06:0048.0N 158.8E980 mbExtratropical
Sep 28, 12:0050.5N 160.2E978 mbExtratropical
Sep 28, 18:0052.8N 162.2E974 mbExtratropical
Sep 29, 00:0054.0N 164.0E972 mbExtratropical
Sep 29, 06:0055.3N 166.1E970 mbExtratropical
Sep 29, 12:0056.4N 168.6E970 mbExtratropical
Sep 29, 18:0056.8N 171.0E972 mbExtratropical
Sep 30, 00:0057.0N 176.0E972 mbExtratropical
Sep 30, 06:0057.0N 181.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1992

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.